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100 Great Children's Picture Books by Martin Salisbury
Category: Picture Books
Each book is a creation of genius and inventiveness, and their design and illustration represent such diverse trends as the Russian Constructivists, Italian Futurists and Postwar Neo-romantics. They are also mirrors of their times reflecting social concerns from a child's and family's perspectives throu ...Show more
Children's Picture Books: The Art of Visual Storytelling by Martin Salisbury
Category: Art
Children's picturebooks are the very first books we encounter, and they form an important, constantly evolving and dynamic sector of the publishing industry. But what does it take to create a successful picture book for children? In seven chapters, this book covers the key stages of conceiving a narrati ...Show more
Children's Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling (2nd Ed.) by Martin Salisbury, Morag Styles
Category: Art and Design
Children's picturebooks are the very first books we encounter and play a major role in introducing us to both art and language. But what does it take to create a successful picturebook for children? This revised edition of a bestselling title carries invaluable insight into a highly productive, dynamic ...Show more
Drawing for Illustration by Martin Salisbury
Category: Art and Design
This beautiful, in-depth reference book by illustration professor Martin Salisbury explores drawing for illustration. Salisbury places a special emphasis on drawing, treating it as a fundamental skill that every illustrator should engage with. Assisting students through exercises and case studies, this ...Show more
Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication by Martin Salisbury
Category: Languages and Reference
The successful book illustrator starts by understanding his author's flight of fancy, then rendering the ideas and actions imaginatively in pictorial terms. This unusual and inspiring book was written for art students and ambitious beginners. It instructs on methods of developing both imaginative powers ...Show more
Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication by Martin Salisbury
Category: Art
A unique book for art students and creatively minded beginners who want to learn how to target their drawing and painting skills to the ever-expanding children's book market.
Illustrators' Sketchbooks by Martin Salisbury
Category: Art Books
A treasure trove of visual delights: examples of the sketchbooks of sixty international illustrators offer new insights into their artistic practice. Intimate and often unseen, the sketchbook means something different to each illustrator. It might be a beautiful object, a work of art in its own right, w ...Show more
Miroslav Sasek by Martin Salisbury
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Illustrators Ser.
Czech artist Miroslav Sasek (1916-1980) is celebrated for his pioneering approach to narrative nonfiction picture books, particularly his bestselling This Is series, which began with This is Paris in 1959 and eventually totaled eighteen books. With their distinct visual vocabulary, this witty collection ...Show more
Play Pen: New Children's Book Illustration by Martin Salisbury
Category: unmapped
Once dismissed as a cosy world of teddy bears and fairies, the arrival on the scene of numerous highly original, contemporary and 'cool' graphic artists has transformed perceptions of children's book illustration in recent years. Children now grow up with a more informed and sophisticated visual diet - ...Show more
The Illustrated Dust Jacket 1920-1970 by Martin Salisbury; Anon
Category: Graphic Novels
In the modern era, the "beautiful book," an art object in its own right, has become the key to the ongoing attraction of print publishing as physical books continue to distinguish themselves from the screen. Author Martin Salisbury traces the evolution of the book jacket from its functional origins as ...Show more
This is M. Sasek: The Extraordinary Life and Travels of the Beloved Children's Book Illustrator by Olga Cerná; Pavel Ryska; Martin Salisbury
Category: Biography
A charming biography of the artist behind the bestselling "This is..." series of children's books--which have sold over a million copies since being reissued by Universe--illustrated in the style of Miroslav Sasek himself. Replete with documents, memories, and images from the life of Miroslav Sasek, thi ...Show more
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